The Other Half

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The Other Half was a band in the sixties from San Francisco. Their music is generally described as a mix between Garage rock, Punk and psychedelia. This obscure San Francisco '60s band gained a degree of notoriety in the '80s when their punk-garage single "Mr. Pharmacist" was included on one of Rhino's Nuggets compilations and covered by The Fall. Actually, most of the Other Half's material was far less garage than psychedelic, featuring the sustain-laden guitar of Randy Holden, one of the best Jeff Beck-inspired axemen of the '60s. Boasting a just-out-of-the-garage approach to Haight-Ashbury psychedelia, the group cut a little-heard, fairly strong album, as well as a few rare singles, in 1967 and 1968. Holden, who had previously played in the L.A. psychedelic garage band Sons of Adam, went on to join Blue Cheer and record on his own.


[edit] The Other Half

- Jeff Nolan: Vocals
- Larry Brown: Bass
- Randy Holden: Guitar
- Danny Woody: Drums
- Geoff Weston: Rhythm Guitar, Vocals


[edit] Discography

  • Mister Pharmacist - I've Come So Far /66 GNP/Crescendo 378
  • Flight Of The Dragon Lady - Wonderful Day 2/67 Acta 801
  • I Need You - No Doubt About It 7/67 Acta 806
  • What Can I Do For You - Bad Day 3/68 Acta 819
  • Morning Fire - Oz Lee Eaves Drop 5/68 Acta 825
  • Mister Pharmacist - I've Come So Far - /66 Vogue Int 18112
  • It's Too Hard - I Know


  • The Other Half 5/68 Acta 38004
  • The Other Half /68 Vogue Int
  • The other half of underground /68 Acta 1 C 048-90248

side 1 1 Introduction 1:54 (Nowlen, Westen) 2 Feathered Fish 2:35 (Arthur Lee) 3 Flight Of The Dragon Lady 2:33 (Holden, Westen, Nowlen, Brown, Wood) 4 Wonderful Day 2:21 (Holden) 5 I Need You 2:45 (Mike Port, Holden) 6 Oz Lee Eaves Drop 2:31 (Nowlen, Westen) side 2 1 Bad Day 2:19 (Holden, Nowlen) 2 Morning Fire 2:36 (Nowlen) 3 What Can I Do For You - First Half 2:47 (Nowlen, Westen) 4 What Can I Do For You - The Other Half 7:00 (Nowlen, Westen)

Recorded At Golden State Recorders, San Fran., Calif. Produced By Larry Goldberg, Leo De Gar Kulka, Hank Levine & The Other Half Special Thanks To: Mike Port Cover Design & Art: Tom Hall, Patterson-Hall Associates, San Fran., Calif. Liner Photography: Tom Hall


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